I’m listening to the back-catalog of Idle Thumbs podcasts. I seem to do this once a year or so.

It’s some of the most intelligent, insightful game and game-theory discussion you’ll find,
mixed with hilarious gaming stories, general silliness, and pervasive memes.

The thing that sets it apart is this:
A lot of podcasts try too hard to be funny, and they just fall flat.
On Idle Thumbs, they try to be serious – but they’re just naturally funny guys, and they just can’t help it.

Star Trek Into Darkness is the first Star Trek show/film I have seen, apart from a small part of the previous film. This meant that I went into the cinema not having prior knowledge about the film, although I did have some basic background knowledge of Spock and Kirk etc, just basic facts. I think that if I had been a veteran fan of the franchise I may have been at least somewhat disappointed, however I expected it to be another generic modern film that doesn’t do anything new. Despite all this, I quite enjoyed the film and, having used free ticket vouchers to see the film, I did not have much to regret. The action was gripping and I felt teary at one point (you would understand if you saw the film) and the plot did what it needed to do. Of course there was the inevitable bloom and lens flare courtesy of J.J. Abrams, but all in all I enjoyed it a lot and would do it again if I was back in the same situation.
I am sure that other people’s experiences with it differ to mine, and I understand if you hate it or anything like that. Also note that saw it after a stressful week and it was a father and son outing, which I always enjoy, so that likely influenced my view on it.

Of course I listened to Ice Cube and other 90s rap before that, but I never realized how good contemporary hip hop was. For some reason I always assumed Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg were representative of the genre.

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